QLD: Can absent committee members vote without a proxy at meetings?

Published April 17, 2026 By William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate Leave a Comment Last Updated April 17, 2026

Question: If a voting committee member is not present at an ordinary committee meeting and doesn’t give another committee member their proxy, are there any circumstances under which they can still vote on a motion put forward at that meeting?

Answer: A voting member must be present or appoint a proxy, they are unable to vote before or after a motion to be resolved at the committee meeting. Some flexibility may be possible in defining what ‘present’ at a meeting means – it should be fine for a member to attend by telephone or zoom if they can’t be in physical attendance.

This post appears in Strata News #476.

William Marquand
Tower Body Corporate
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About William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate

Will Marquand joined the Tower team as a General Manager and Senior Strata manager in 2020. He has widespread experience across all forms of commercial, industrial and residential schemes. He believes in proactive, ethical strata management and hopes to provide Tower’s customers with the knowledge and support required take their schemes forward into the next generation of body corporate management.

Will has experience working across residential, commercial and industrial schemes. A former journalist and teacher, Will's excellent communication skills help Tower grow its expanding business.

William is a regular contributor to LookUpStrata. You can take a look at William’s articles here .

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QLD: Can absent committee members vote without a proxy at meetings?

Question: If a voting committee member is not present at an ordinary committee meeting and doesn’t give another committee member their proxy, are there any circumstances under which they can still vote on a motion put forward at that meeting?

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